MODIS
Regional True Color
- Detail
- Broad regional view
- Frequency
- Typically daily opportunities
- Best for
- Coastal plumes and Gulf-scale context
A familiar long-running archive with regional imagery and animation tools.
Open MODIS viewerCoastal and ocean imagery
Find the right imagery
Choose a familiar satellite or start with a coastal location. This page helps you decide where to go; all viewing, date selection, animation, and downloads remain in the established product viewers.
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Choose by satellite or product
Resolution and availability vary with orbit, cloud cover, acquisition geometry, and the Earth Scan Lab archive.
VIIRS
Regional True Color
- Detail
- Higher regional detail than MODIS
- Frequency
- Multiple satellite opportunities
- Best for
- Coast, shelf, plumes, and water color
Uses the best available supported VIIRS acquisition in the ESL archive.
Open VIIRS viewerSentinel-2
High-resolution Coastal True Color
- Detail
- Fine coastal features
- Frequency
- Intermittent, location dependent
- Best for
- Bays, channels, deltas, and nearshore water
Selected clear-enough coastal scenes for supported Louisiana locations.
Open Sentinel-2 viewerPACE OCI
True Color + Ocean Color Science
- Detail
- Daily Gulf imagery and 4 km mapped science products
- Frequency
- Daily when observations permit
- Best for
- Visual context, chlorophyll, dissolved material, and particles
Use the dedicated True Color archive or the quantitative Ocean Color workspace.
Open PACE True ColorOpen PACE Ocean ColorExplore by location
Start with a coastal area
These links open the established viewer most likely to contain useful imagery. Region choices remain inside each viewer.
Vermilion Bay
Use broad Louisiana coast imagery to examine the bay and surrounding shelf.
Atchafalaya Bay and Delta
Regional plume context plus high-resolution delta and nearshore views.
Mississippi River Delta
Observe plume extent, coastal morphology, and ocean-color structure.
Calcasieu
Detailed imagery for Lake Calcasieu, the Ship Channel, and adjacent Gulf waters.
Lake Pontchartrain
High-resolution lake imagery and wider regional coastal context.
Louisiana Coast and Shelf
Compare broad river-plume patterns and ocean-color conditions across the coast.